Our Tiny World, Full of Coincidences

A few months ago (back at the start of July 2013), I received an email from Laurentiu, a guy in Romania. He said to me, “I was working from 9-5, a job I didn’t like that much, but was comfortable enough that I didn’t want to quit.” Then things changed dramatically and he was no longer working that job.

It turned out that on the road of hitchhikers, we had both made a common friend. It just so happened that I had left my bike at this friend’s house (after taking it on the raft then getting arrested) a couple of days before he had arrived at the very same friend’s house (in Budapest). We had literally missed each other by a day or two.

It amazes me how very full of coincidences this world is. It makes it feel like a very small world sometimes and that is rather comfortable to know.

And as (further) chance would have it, I happen to be in Moldova, with intentions of heading to Romania. Thus, we will be meeting up after all and heading to the mountains together. I hit the hitchhiking road (today) in search of a new friend, so keep your eyes open because you never know where or when in this crazy world we might meet!